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Rock art researcher and archaeologist. Into all things Neolithic and palaeoenvironment.
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Maria Guagnin
Springer Nature
about 1 month ago
Rock art in Saudi Arabia shows humans adapted to an arid Arabian Desert ~12,000 years ago, aided by seasonal lakes. A study in @natcomms.nature.com reveals life-sized engravings and stone tools:
spklr.io/63325BIU2l
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Maria Guagnin
Science Magazine
4 months ago
Hunter-gatherers may have used engravings to find water in the parched deserts of the Arabian Peninsula 12,000 years ago.
https://scim.ag/4nql413
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Prehistoric camel art pointed to precious water sources in the Arabian Desert
Hunter-gatherers may have used the engravings to find water 12,000 years ago
https://scim.ag/4nql413
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Maria Guagnin
Michael Petraglia
4 months ago
Some nice news coverage by
@science.org
of our recent discoveries of 12,000-year-old life-sized camel engravings in rock art of
#SaudiArabia
.
@mariaguagnin.bsky.social
www.science.org/content/arti...
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Prehistoric camel art pointed to precious water sources in the Arabian Desert
Hunter-gatherers may have used the engravings to find water 12,000 years ago
https://www.science.org/content/article/prehistoric-camel-art-pointed-precious-water-sources-arabian-desert
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Maria Guagnin
Michael Petraglia
4 months ago
New discovery! Here
@mariaguagnin.bsky.social
and our team report on 12,000-year-old life-size camel rock art engravings in the Saudi desert.
#GreenArabia
@griffith.edu.au
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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Our new paper is out!
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
12,000 year old camel engravings marked water sources in the desert. A great team effort
@mdpetraglia.bsky.social
@finnstileman.bsky.social
@stewiestewart.bsky.social
et al!
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Monumental rock art illustrates that humans thrived in the Arabian Desert during the Pleistocene-Holocene transition | Nature Communications
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https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-025-63417-y
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